From Steve King’s lips to God’s ears. You can’t retract a prayer. But our congressman may be wishing he
provided more direction and guidance to our maker should one Hillary
Rodham Clinton take the presidential oath of office in 2017.

In a New York Times editorial two weeks ago, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver endorsed legalization of professional sports betting, saying it is time to bring such wagering out of the shadows and into regulated arenas.

U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, captured 37 of the 39 counties the 4th congressional district to easily win re-election to a seventh term. He cleared the 80-percent-vote threshold in some of his more reliable reaches.

$85 million. That’s how much Democrats and Republicans and a
colorfully striped array of outside interest groups spent on the U.S.
Senate race in Iowa, according to the non-partisan Center for Responsive
Politics (CRP). More money than Georgia ($66 million). More money than
in Kentucky ($78 million), where Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
faced a spirited challenge.

A 16-year-old Buena Vista County farm kid died last week in a farming accident. The story led the Sept. 24 issue of The Storm Lake Times. The young man perished near Truesdale when he lost his footing trying to clear a piece of machinery that had been plugged while harvesting corn, the newspaper reported.